UConn Police Issue Safety Alert

STORRS — — University of Connecticut police are alerting students to be cautious in the wake of a visit from an invited guest who they say stole from sleeping students.

They issued a safety advisory in connection with their investigation of the theft, which occurred on campus.

Police said the suspect, Michael Moses Tarpeh, 23 — who refers to himself as "Big Mike" — is wanted by Morgantown, Va. police for aggrevated assault and attempted sexual assault.

Tarpeh, who is heavyset and refers to himself as "Big Mike", is also wanted by Massachusetts State Police for an armed car-jacking, robbery, assault and battery of a motorist in Lee, Mass., according to campus police.

Tapeh, who is not a student at the school and is no longer believed to be on campus, allegedly was invited to an on campus apartment and stole the credit cards when the residents went to sleep, police said. He was last known to be in Waterbury.